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TIIE DAILY STAKDAKD UXIOX: IlROOKLYN. RATITRPAY. DKCKMIlEH 19, 1003, 4 lUM th rali of ft Bum Th IHUi-luLail CwnetruutU, Hons cam tu tandatlll fcar lack it i Cwtavanr lmil4 tha Ityet nlawK uiwi watt. Ut wklyn Uif ut th II and forwarded lit mjulalltan to tUa Cun trailer, wh luaile uwl vbavk fwT lha duoad Mil. Tka oumpanr rrua4 I rapl lha thocti, and luok Ita Iroublaa 16 tha oourU, wliara tliay will auuit ba alraj.

Corpurkllon L'ounl Ulna la confidant uf a vtrdlct In favor uf Ilia city, fur, ha lha John A. Uuskllug (una Cum-lany "clMrly vlulainl" lla vontrai't. Tha (s tha kottvm af lha aaddla platform fi tha uaaoura- la M7 faat Tha jlaUom autiiMM4 of lularaautlnf plala atn! Uut 14 liwhaa 4aap Aoorad ovar taal alata. On tlila jilaUarni mt tour cabla MOdlaa. TImm Madia Waal aaatliiia and wal'h about ta aaoh.

Tha halctit from tha maaunrf Ilia nantra of tha oablaa ovar Ihaaa dlaa la KW faat IV4 liuiliaa. Tha walhi tha ataal lit ch tuwar la about I COST Will BE MORE tu bring about the construction uf lh Finally, In lSfi, Mayor Charles A. tKhUicii if up it bill, authorising thr ul uf aix cumin iiimJi three fn in ea. illy, to hOo the structure ird iiia bill um introduced at Album in tho same nr uiul paaafd. Two mi.nihi Inter, June, Ihe ouiinia- Willi Hlplllliti M'H'lMtr-d lid Th tote wl In ta anilidlitgr tba brldflt apjrvvyh waral HeuU Fourth atraat.

ffuni 1a4 to 140, Irwlualvai aVuth fifth iUt.t, rt of kita from 1 J7i lota from to HI road way, lota from ioi io Ut, ftnU rt Suit Wytha avenue, fiyin to AM, and from Mi to 420; Iteny F-iirtM. from 3tH to M4, to ML, Within gti fannlns altar th opening of ana bit-Ji. Mr. Joow Myi, tto.Ouo will tni tut lUia territory from Manhattan) tn fact. tht of the Liiilge UhI in lw poatpotifd for three monthi ro glf ihfl out then cham io texune furtht-r prepared ftr the firat i uah that Uiiunil to take tit hlH iwiuily 'cH expei In Hie i rat estate luallit'B il 1 Jorier" an io liHN netr ii'thlnt Mi tin- Huroufh t.f iinHik: it to eipml thr Ikkhii tl.nl i cki at, ifr.

1 lauttuhlnf touk ylw from comu iur'a yard at the rout uf Uvuth Wilh tltat, ali4 ftftl WliutaMU by ft Lmig crowd of InUrMtad pcUtur. An Otaii- (uliif tuf pulled th huf pll. welfh- company lUlmi juiilfkatlun for Uclay mainly on lha i lru at iirlkca tuna. INTERMBOUTK TOWtRI. Tha alwra apana o( lha brldira ara H.i 1.

Mmi 1' nd part of 3. HadfurO artnu, Ml, SN, m. av, ut vi, 311, aiao auanandad frotn tha main cablao. but llh ll I pt.it ttt 3lHi, 3tf and 37; Irlaa avnu, twin tu km, alao Mil VIS. fit.

and 117. miJ 1 The total amount of bomla authorised liil. i l.y Ihc Hoard uf Kstlinalr and Appor-lli. Iluuineiit fur I In' llllaniabui llrldse hu! In-. -ii IK.

1 Mi. illfli ItnilMl o.er Hi. mi I. 1 1S, IHKI and i af. Kuintf on In all I f-u I 1" In i tile in-" Ini- tom.

'down a ttaad bicllnc. upon which It mu hy alld into (h water It wm plat-ad hi oattluil at th f. ot of Houth Fifth street the following day. The ralsaon fur the fouiulalldli uf Ihe Brooklyn tuwr laum bed on I 15 uf the urn ear Cotiuiilalunrt llHtteniiflti. Huhd nd 8pn wer prra- and i-t't of Itofbllua Htrt from to mmJ 1 mo tu alao flva i I I.

hui il I 1 II XV i Hi. i ani'1 1 1 I. 'I I I'll. THE MAN WHO PLANNED THE BRIDGE. Tn Col.

Li.ftVu I ii (HHH, bHoiifc'H inilit fur li-alinrd th Ull.i iiml.ui IIi IiIki'. Iiic houaes In Ha crmv i atrt. lert. hi li 111 I i lil-nll. I I I .1 1 1.

-Ill I.e. li aupportaa tna aiwnoragaa and towara and by Intennadlat tow ara i twaan. Theaa Inlarintdlata towara a conalat tit two aparaia tuwara of lOlumnt, cunnatted Uigatlicr at tha by iruaa alrdora and arched br Inf. Tin (mi of tha loluinna real on ateel nedatala anchor bolted to th aunry tnutlnga. and their loi com with and ate atirmuuntcd by the (Ir flatforni tfoi- ineiulntirtl.

On I platform over e-ai'li tower there la pla caat ateel pin hearlnv reatlnr on i rollera The height of tha tr BRIDGE ADMINISTRATION. ill. lir 1 1 Itll 1 1 I 'l I S.til A l' 1 Mas lh 1 v.n i i 2" i Ul OU M. I I A Hi IHNI 1 7 'J4 tiiJ (Ml I i 4HT M.l n.i i Mi-, I iiwi i i Nxi 4 4 i i i i nii, was also Ma or Wo rater. At 1 'i'i i lix the blorki were knocked out ai (he l.uuti-toit inika alld to the Ii.u IIimI h.ih I Whil.

niHrtl liarlrruf 111- llrfuiir New III. II vnl lulu I'fTei I mi Jan. I. tli.il lh" Ulliiinrburri III iillin i II Kill Th. Tui k.

tin. I. era from the maeonry to the center of vnti-r with a ifreut splash I ui N( iho f)i i ttion for 'th-- tiHtr on the Mnnhattun nldc wa Into position. nn. on Sept 3n, fe.iHnl ralpdon was Ihiiii.

lied a I tin fool tf North Me. t'i'f. ItriMikln, am1 then tllR-i tnok to ihe foot of fttrei-t, Maiih.illrtii The tow i nil I he Mn, hill l.lii I (ll Septmltei n'ld Oil I h- ItfH'kI In Mm h. 1 Hti 4 fir. II 2 I 'K M.i I K.N hnllt the hri.lt.

i.ir 1 inha! trt snb- io i-M 7" m-i'-i kuii on i I 1 1 it ptrmhr i 1 I hi -M- I' 1 I Ir. 1 ii July. Tn. flit" J. 7 It in A pt ll.

in" fin- ju.hli' in I he hi I tun lo bit h. that ttionih Ihe 1 1 Ho- i (i iei he building of i-ubh- i op. ha ni ami i w.ie to coimiltl.le Ihe (ooll.ildgo iiibtel lo be III the Hulk Oil I he pe I II III I IC1 1 1 a blep trc put In pl. I i'ii A pill ft. at bout 1- 'M loi i Hat I oh colli Hill I IIR thl leels of 2 'i-j wlii lopes to be used foi tin- ftrM tabb-'plaited f'-oni the lowoi, and Ir from thliteiMi to fourl.en minutes tin-: list phsnal onmiuni' a Inn Ij'Ih n'li 1( ihe two tow-ers had, boon tnad-' Two latei I wii-1 w.is Muring the next two ,1 nine more i res hpi hoi i ed 1 1 1 ol -i Hon.

making twelve In all. These went I hiui.bed on Srpl h'-- I al-So)i as launched In I riu-ih it oa and I he contra, "in-m March. il. and bnin oiu-d ru t- .1 the iltan Hti boras" for J737.770 ThVy mi the out I a. on 'i and i ompletril It on Juno L'K, lfKKt.

iniiini for thr (hnoklyii anrliorugo ot tn the I i'on- f-'i $771.7 TV The ii 1 1 i i -t 1 1 i ii wink on id (inislnd it on Per :9. 1'. nnyl aula Steel Coin pan)' fx-: tnr hotii the Man- Vii UKnA. KKKKKliT la. Ml Imigi'st span bi Idgo i Pt rurtril Mr 1 1 1 1-w i he phi nc, 1 1 1 the oiiRinorr ng stii ST and fi'n-ii .1 i IMC), until Ma, jioi sona 1 1 dij.ii e-ery de a i I of I i i nnslnirtlon.

g.va..iii -wb -ii r.xit I tn I ins! Ki i Hi li l- an hn iii'-; mi mi- in- V'lne, Thr select lor Ir. 'ommisslon nf Ki neer of he hi il 1 1 uaiifled a pi i a I 1 the ikimit, Ji.l'.CO. and the lat-. Tin toiitrarts wore on rMVt. mo.I -lh "iiti n- toi 1m- Mad cinmn; i tiii-: sih'tii cable of AMsntiaa cniDGi' lo i on ke up the i em ik' a ry foot hi Idge tables, three being required for ear one 'This work was completed on Saturday.

May b. and the work of hlnding th- Iinreedod along with the building uf the bridge SPINNINi I Til In the midst of ii sinwHiorm the spinning of the wires fm tho abb's Imau miinoii' id ork The "'on- hui'' I i I A'I'i i THK JIK'UNNi -N'i SI'AN. A. 'NSTIM'i I'M Till-: MN HKIlMih; ci i i f. Mi -o i hied si i n.

tui a- lei to the I 1 X'H 1 1 i.i Steel on May S. 1 1 for 1 1 40ft. ai .1 the wo, was iinmodla 1 begun i 1 1 i 1 1 a i i a olll I ll.H llosell a Hui the id I pe of In ha ii a w.im tiik'-n tnit nl the alld Ms eij-h i. Hut ei i pin i be built should h. a pin bearing in Jd feet 3 Inches, lowfrs wire erected by menus of falseworks and travelers employed erecting the end spans.

KN SI'ANH been loft free lien ritilever to'i-lge ion of Knme 1 1 ii.penf!"n In a mis of i gillffi liy tho hat In hU-- FUHpcnsion opt 1.1 I. .1 111 1 I h'" HIpOl I MIDI i of th ldve issiohrr. No now beiii tie.it-.! by rniumlssloner l.ill-, M. Ilubimom. aith tho fin ml lit! of UKhiriT-hi-oharge.

will licet tin- affairs of tin- bridge, us he has H.itioiis i nf ivy. th- pl.iiis fo: th In a lojti ti by lilk's N-i th-- New Jersey S(eo lid It oil Ir th At HrP Many tit IhPin arc "ii l.usbrtKk a('liur-. Wiiir iiff avvay fniiu the KaM'in I'i; lircly. nip. The end spans comprise those portd TMi 'l I vtli.

was a ardeu f. ii h- steel tow ers ithii'h invnh ed the niaiuifin -t i.n i of 1 tons of nleel. iHen, July 1 of this t)ll( (1 cuvh id 7 tn ill" Siuni- t.usiou I'M h' lint' i the Man ha 1 1 i i shb- pi; in pbsillon. The aisst-n nl been inn'! in Hro.iklyn and tak' ii ihr riwr The ftnindatnins for lhonkiii ti-nero h'id in lh'- lu 1 1 sinnniin I'm i pans plans end there are four of them, two on when eljju- Mihols. his essor in uflii ms suminai Hy dismissed on Friday.

Nov. Iftf'l The first single strand of win- for the i abbs was reeled off fnun the towel uii tho ManhattHli side. The operation was in charge of Chailes M. lioebllug. The work of stringing the wires, although very Impoi tn lit.

was coin pa i a -ti ely simple. The Ire. three-sixteenths of hii inch in Ihh knows, was nil i led hack and forth across tho span by a eier. This tej- as heel a nniii' diatep. oniniem ed by i n.i.

a nd Pe. L'l. tlK I ad.h-s I oi i pi ion of tho cahl. in (he moaiitmir tho wi Nd. Hu k's jd.ins wne not jh Die frnse nf rontainins any I.

it its lo be 1 'Uiid in any si rurt uro. I la If a i dozen of the woild's biggest sunpenslon lridges- not a hl the JVookM lh Ki bin i the keynote is I THE MI OF TWENTY YEARS IF EFFORT from the tlepai tnif nt hy Mr. Llndenthal .111 a Iriditih al chaifii' 'if "a b-eii with-oil I IrU The only new omers 1111 the new bridgo ate fourteen ox-rar conductors of the shore An tho constnn (ton is identi on both shores a description of one of spnns suhVfM for bntJi sets. Start: from the aiirhorrige the first span is feet 4" In-hes I.mik fiorn tho pin cen of the Inlermediate tower hearhiR, bu( is rontinuous nver the ton er for th panel lenmhs further or for- fit feet inches. This span wnn termed Ihe ct lilever span.

Knnn voi pnd M-h' li John ling's Sons Company got the i ables and hi- pld. A Km' la. fo on Me, I lie hi as to provilr fi-r hi i iire 1 1 pii It hi or- it I'i' foot, thr laigesM span Mi tin- nl. IVoiu the -1i I i 111- if ii la it) I caused nni- ihe engineers fi-und tti.il to i i Iho tracks ltd lo.idw.tvs lnimmli nf maseinry would in inipi ti' i I sl.ro 1 wis I' I'd i i 1 nl tn. The u--r nf this niatrii.U nnid" imssihln ii sa vhiff of nni- 'if in osi id Hi'h ifi tin- i ml ro s' i on or Htrongth.

us b-mji, owr twfniy. Uum' its fifU th-- Lf'Klyluturr passed -a i 'I'M'-- i fruit in 1SS7, sy in phony i st oo. The n. bridge )H si ructurally bet I or than tho Hmokh ti Kridge. although th" old bridge Is far more gracofni ha the uvw one.

A broad view of the new Ntrmtuir Is aitable only to ihoso ho use the i vewayp, and his is II mi ted on the liiplde by tii 11 and ssi I russep. within which lie the footwna and rnll- running on a wire, something similar lo the cash boxes In a department stoie. The "'traveler" carried after It tho wire ra which, hen It iva bro from Ma una tt to Brooklyn as made to the anchorage. The work of stringing the wires drae-god somewhat and the Roehllng Company was granted extensions of time on I i.i".-rs ivt for SI. 46.44(1 Th" abbs wne loniplfted in August.

oH.ly foi ilio suspending. Fmir Mtiialloj contia'ts neariy 2 l-'roin SJiid.OOO to is a big jump. The former fiifures represent iin Knt Kiver Pi Idge Comjianv In i id oi lo spend on building a bridge he-t feu i lio poln 1 3 now i on nee ted by the tne pmer the distance is LMT inches, anil is spntliieil by a not! si nl. tin i io 11 us he runner 1 1 ni- flp; These spans each consist of two trus spaced fi? feet uprt. lo and havi a depth of 40 foi hefweoii centers pravity of diords.

TJic Iiiifnch are trij 1 terseetion la tirof I russos. Thp vd ncctiriK span is ouiiei b-l to the can) liver by bottom chord nin coiineot.l Intitient if P'Vldll Ift for thr Ui) Hrooklyn I.ipni Tiansit Conipaiif, who have heti to Mil 1 1 1 1 1 1 I ositioin. Sin as fi.iltkn'JH i iiliil (oil ollcctoi s. Fire tin- tn-w bridge a ro si in il.i to lutsi mi tho old stand pint's" being Ha' hn-f feature. The lloonnK mi tin- r.n nagew and footwalks is all I i reproof, and one block on the Abniliiil la 1 1 has boon Set pa i for lh liiin.se, l'olit Coinmiswloiier (Jitoiic will Icine to hli lie rot; so the lumor CHlabltah-litg new luldge poli.

Htdiioii. A cording to present .1 ngonieii I sixty members of the uniformed naive; will police aijd the tnpjs. dlsconUmioijs except for ui'orH nr naiTmt'i riuK wmu pi easurq At each rmilei point there is a nl; it i ninmipi-'ii iii'ivihr Intn tlu- nri'S--liy jiinl Ppniiiiiup tho t. hi twi't-n l.i'uithvriy, Brnoklj ami Ptrcft, Now York City. 1th I Hie a i I cist equal in pari to ho 11 UiMpo.

Tin- Covornor promptly iniil hill aii'l 'iMiiii'lIn- i 'ni pnniticm uT X' uk aii-l the Mayor, acl i i i li i 'ounscl of Frooklyn THE BUILDERS OF THE BRIDGE. Rirder flonr bonni between opposite roni ctinnls. Ihe tons of iheje floor- bea Ilnumrr, llirir i in-tiiv (ho iMiildiiig nf bri-lj;" Hi-iniM-r on thr lirmkl i I v.a Mh) nr "an iM llr "I omuiissioiirrs. A priori tinvaft'i thr old oti i i i had boon fi i nt ollirr Mii mr are (lush llh the tops of flic chords they are fed inches 'fht floor beams are xten.le.l outside of Van Wyok was asked to Kive tin OM'H 1 fOVril 14lt. IIATK.

A tltll T. liiiiliitttiiu Timer louniln tonn II. FIjiiii ISfMt I Itrookln lnufT I numlntioiiH olln Ut l.oun IMJ7 tM.I.OKaf Mniihiitliui tii-liornsce SliajnlyA Hynn IHil7 N02.77oUMI llrooklyii iiiliorne Oarnan-MelaenM onil rin-l ion IH17 Miiiiliarttnn Approaoli I'einujbaiiin Nlrrl o. HMHI, IIrookl A)riiHi'h I ii Ih Sleid ('. I DUO f7.2.ilMM StiMiiendfil Mrintun- I'n njbnnln Nleel i.

IIHH 1 1 teel ruble John t. Korliling'a Sunt I n. IHi i W.tm ie-ll TuHfi-n and rind Jersey Kl-el nml Iron o. I8t I 1 TMt.iM Steel I inlrrfloortlitt fur Cnrrlase- Tia.V" H- Ir- June, i rro-r-lnnle AVooil Block Pavement for i nrrlngfwn)- noil Prenerdnn ro. lime.

1W0M :tl.lH!MM 4'eiticiit onrretr "KoKmorrrlf" Mlile- iff ii 4 trusses on each of the bridpo to fo the cantilever roadway beams. SI'AN. Th suspended sp.iti consists of tj pa rn I lei trusses with floor ay. stems a transverse bracing-. The trusses: are 1' feet lonphetwoon roiitresof main towe 'c -e they re supported on rocker ben, i.

project, however, feet I yoii.l the rocker connections, so as ex end through the towers and conm with the adjacent shore spans by meal of bottotn chord pins top chord rt eted joints. The russeg are triple ij terseetion latticed trusses, and thoy rt suspended at each panel point from main tables, as is described later. Tho are 78 panels between towers, each bei; Jnly, IlWKt lo fii i mi tho Commission. Aft stutly of the Fiibjrvt th rommN-Minn m.itlo its report to th" LeRifln tire. Tills i port was ai vorsr to thp entcr-prlso.

rliiotly mi m-count of its great ost. The 'oinmlsflonors derlarod that tlioro mo 1ouht as to tho necessity of urh 1 hri'lK. and that thoio wpro in Insurmountable engine prinK difflcultles In ihc wny. hut the amount of valuable privai propoity thatwnulcl have to be aoquired tho two iminic ipnlities In oWer to pp-mi ho needed spnt-p for apprnarhep w.nikl raisr the total cost of (he structure In an almost prohibitive figure. lIovopr, this netbark did ned ju nil discourage the friends of the pro jort.

In-ntofl. of allowing the agitation to Jio the latxtieil harder than ever and ueti'k-ed up popular sentiinont on this side if the river to suet, a pftrh that Bmnkln uml tnphall I'avlos toiler Mfitihattun Aprineh Inlteil HnRliieorhifr anil ontr'c Itiinrtnn I'm emeiit on Apiroachs rtiiI in liorasPfi I nlted Knalneerlncr and Contr'g i 'oik ret iiiK In Anchor Italn Tnn- ntln John .1. Hoffer 1'oolMfilk I'loorliiK Hoil t'. omfitrt MlnlionM on A nrliormite Snve ft i'rlr-at niid I'ovhia llronklyn I'laaa 4 niilnghnm krnrni Cnntr'if Uirltiir nml l-li res Cor OO I IfM.IS.OO I 7fl.400.00 17.no IN.000.00 iwa i 19 feet 11 inches lon on the bottq chord and slightly longer on the ti I chord. The panels inside the towers tt longer than the others, and are of Commercial Construction Co.

UalKlnA Hie Briilice wi regular construction. The top and botte chords are respectively '20 inches and Inches wide and 27 inches deep. There X-brace lateral diagonals reaching acre; three panelsdn Ihe top and bottom eho; was formally i lure that Kast Kidpe Bridge Commit planes, and everv hud panel of ti several occasions. The task was Anally completed In Ausust. The cables uere Ihen ready fur the suspenders.

The manufacture and erection of the suspended span was commenced the siime month. mom hers of the I jppishuui hit pm! i roadway floor beams is braced by a pjj As might be expected In large un Taagaifii uay tracks. The footways arc inside Ihe trusses instead of above theni, as on the Brooklyn Mridgo. The surface cars, too, will run Inside the trusses, and while the ele va ted trains on the approaches will be high above all other traffic, near. the anchorages they will plunge deep into a forest of upright steel.

the new hrhlge is stronger than the old one, but to thi artistic eye it is less satisfactory. MAY UE BIGGER SOME DAY. The proposal to reconstruct the Rrooklyn Bridge suggests the question whether (lertaklng like the building of the bridge of lateral diagonals. In general the crof( section of the spun is substantially tl same as that of the shore spans. Tho- bottom ononis of tho stiffen! trusses have a riso of nearly 10.9 feet tho centre, and, for 338.47 feet on ea: side of the cent re a re cambered to curvo of about 11.107 feet radiUH.

Ti ends are cam be rod to curves of feet radius. The radius of curvature the top chords at the centre Is abo (M'STA- MNhKNTIlAb, lh blge ''iiiiNiissioner. I inn. appointor! by Mayors Sehleren and purchased for $200,000 the bart-'i-s of the KhxI llivr Bridge Company, tin- six members of that Commission Andrew D. Balrd.

James A. 8 perry, Henry Ba 1 1 iinan. Sab-m H. Wales, I'lanels it. Thurhfi- and Kiehanl Uoovfr -est i mated cost of their proposed bridge about Ahcady mump than eleven millions Of dollars have been expended on the work, and when the bridge bus been completed OTHNIEI.

NICHOLS. the bridge-thirty of Ihcm to be nttnchc.1 to the Delancey street station. Manhattan, and an equal number to the Ccdford the work was several time Interrupted by mishaps, delays, accidents and the like. On Nov. 10.

IDOL', a spectacular Are started In the Manhattan tower. The two southerly cables were damaged, and the footbridges fell. The wires were replaced or and the Injury was found to he less than had been feared. fnj- lie i ha nge. I'ol i i it ally.

As a ma ter nf ft. sion had done all tin- the 1 1 I 11 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 r- To i avenue station in Brooklyn. 78.289H feet. At each end of the trusp two panels ofithe top chord are offp horizontally toward the bridge axis abo-3 feet to make them clear the inrllnj tower columns. Tho adjacent ends the bill after bill providing for Ih mnstrir -lion of the proposed bridpe.

But it all to no purpose. Brooklyn Htood prat -ti rally a loje in hfS fighl. Now York had no npedal ititerpst in the srhomo, ril-tlintigh many leading: men of tha rit supportod it. Tire New York members i-f 'he LoKip'nlure were lukewarm in heir ndvovary of (he building of the bride and theiefore all th bills relating to th-' Hiihjet and Introduced between 1SS7 and were allowed to die. In the summer of 1891 the so-ealled iena' Bridge Association formed Rrooklyn.

It had ten thousand members, every one of them a voter. An organization like this routd not be sneezed J.t. I'oli ticln us pricked up thpir ears. Th ciiir-ns Prldg-e Association the ronst ruction of bridge across tho Kast Rfvep from Broadway tn (Jr.iiid street. or not the Williamsburg Bridge could be enlarged by adding to its height or -onsiiii.

tion of the Williamsburg BMUro. detail, when tho finishing touches and under lis ion the location j.avi. given to the two plazas, when of the bridge wis liiiiilty dct-nniiied. oroi-eediiiB-s are over width or both. Enlarging the new the posts and the regular top chord Be Hons are widened and stiffened to prij vide for this change in the general plav.

In enoh tower there Is. lust below i bridge, say the engineers, would be a and all the land damages have been paid, it wiil -toe found that the total cost of building the Williamsburg, Bridge will roadway level, besides the main lattl comparatively easy engineering; feat. PRAISE FROM AN EXPERT. If IHE CHEAT BRIDGE ihis commission al-o did all th-- work of securing properly for and plazas. Besides, the task of buddine, wo was a linos I hp.l In the commission wont out of otfue.

But What Mailds oip piXMtlilirtii ly to the credit of the firt onniiision i-the fart that tin line of the ImiiIk'- a It Charles Whiting Baker, an engineer of international reputation, says that the Williamsburg Bridge will be easier to girders which are in the races or i tower, a system of longitudinal ai transverse girders which are: between former and are concealed by them. At each end of the suspended apj there are doublp floor beams, about 7 ftet apart and in metrical with tl center line of the towers, and these pal keep in repair than the Brooklyn Bridge, For the fqllowinfr technical description of the Williamsburg: Bridge as a work of constructive engineering. The Standard I'niim is indebted to the cnurtcsy of "En- and that the steel towers of the new ACQUIRING LAND FOR APPROACHES. The acquiring by the city of lota on the Brooklyn aide neceasary to the building of the approach to the bridge ws attended at first with some difficulty and tenants were disposed to resls seemed to them like injustice. Previous to Controller Grout's coming Into office it had generally been customary for the city to get property that It needed for bridges or other structures by condemnation proceedings.

Following out this plan, the property first acquired for So the ground wan thoroughly prepared i Mauds to-day. and tho full pi.ms for tic- of floor beams are onnected at tl i nave hi on between twenty alTd twenty-one millions of dollars. HoW THK CASH WAS RAISED. t'p to date the lutal amount of bond authorized by the Board of Kstlmale and Apportionment to meet the cost of i onstruetion has been $15,112,473.66. The bonds actually Issued amount to $11 MJ3.S6.

With the exception of which were marketed at or cent, and sold slightly above par. ii a'ate- gmeeiing when the Eaft River Bridge Company. In the winter of 189L' asked for a fran. hise for the building of tho uridge. Tho fra-i- strut lire err merit on this recently said.

Kor convenience th- liriilge superstructure is assumed to comprise all work I'l Mr Battermati and by tho ehife was granted. The company si lions for the btj.lg. center by pairs of transverse glrdera ai horizontal in the center the diaphragm is bolted a steel caatli bored to engage the 17-lnoh vertical plv on top of toww girders. I MAIN CABLES AND IS 18 PENDER? The weight of the main span of Ki-IH lto la car-Hurl rfiirprtlv 1V the mS bridge hae been designed and constructed with Hurh consummate skill, that no danger whatever is to be feared from deterioration. Col.

Buck adopted steel towers in preference to masonry towers, because the latter, being much heavier, would have required foundations twice large, cost five times as much money, and taken three times as long to build. capitalized for 135,000.000. and Fred on ronmiispion eonUIllSPIOII. passed dm entflileel S. I and the contrai un ahuut io be pla- Thlman.

president of the Brooklyn I nk above the masonry foundations. i nese portions of the brldst" lomiiiiso, llrst. the steal 'framework structure, including towers, shore spans stiffening span and Induct approaches, and second. Ihe steel hich -riiTV the main sus when the coininifiuu uas turiied out of office Had the oi nrniFsion Railway Company, ra Its president. Among the directors were Kdw-rd Lau-terbach, George S.

Winjrate. Adolf Laden- suspension cables, but the spans bf the balance of the bond issue was sold hy the Controller at an Interest bearing late of 3 1-2 per cent. Last year's In-n i ept on all the bonds amounted to been loft in power for a few weeks Ioiiroi tween the towers and the anchorages a sunnorted indenendently of the cabl pension span from tho towers. The steel fremework structure and the suspension burg and George Hoadly. Large sums the ontiact for Hn- hrhigr- wotibl ha oi ble system will coiiwneieu t---i air end these portions of the cables at therefore, slmoiy back stays.

The cab! THE BIDING OF IHE were spent In preliminary work, but the I been placed at eat two actual construction of the bridge was than It was It that tin never begun. It Is said that the com- change in the -omnnsion th pany. despite Ita solid financial barking. Iftting of the innirH.i ft.r a long nine the Williamsburg Bridge was obtained this way. In this property was the land needed for building the anchorage.

When Controller Grout came Into office he decided to change this method. After carefully Investigating the matter he found that the city could acquire the lots needed much more easily by private purchase than by condemnation proceedings. This would also save the expense The first corporate stock Is-1 sue was for in 1895. There were I fur issues In ISM. aggregating one in ISaS of three lit Ll aoanoonea ine enieirrie xnrougn iftCK or ihe deliys uhu-h during he I i vuu jfifHifl.ftnn- nnn In iftftfi funds.

administration of ihe Mrst Bridge Com- I OI $4,000,000. and one last year of wore not by any moans duo io the (00 oV these bonds J2.000.000 worth mi- At a meeting of the are four in number and are at the aan elevation: they are only slightly cradb in plan. Each cable Is composed of fi Roebling Wire Oagp d.11'2 Ins.) ate wires In 37 strands, each containing 2 wires and the whole cable 7.696 wires. Each strand is made looping a continuous! wire around strand shoes, which are hore-sn shaped castings attached to the npp; ends of the anchor chains, and th strands are then bunohed together clamped into one cylindrical cabla meana of cast steel clamps or aleev-j which carry the suspenders. Betwe Mmr- th cfthleu art covtjred by a wrsil ly, and in the order namea.

MAIN TOWERS, The main towers which carry the cables eacii comfit of eight columns strongly braeed together laterally In all directions. At about the floor level they are provided with a system of girder to support the ends of the end spans as well kb tbe en da of the suspended structure of the main span. At; the tops of the towers there Iff another pystem of girders, on wlilrh rct the saddles with their friction rollers. The columns rest on rant steel pedestals 11 fet square, connected to the masonry by 2H-'ph anchor bolts. At the rvnttoniB the eolumn are about 84 by carelessness of the members of the Com- 1928 $1.387, $23.66 In 1929, attached to condemning, and Mr.

Grout decided to go about the matter in this mission. The an providing for the bridge oi0 in 1340: $750,000 in 141, and $2,000,000 The people of the Eastern Distrk t. who. of -oume, looked forward to the construction of the new bridge aa the possible boon that could rome to their motion, were bitterly disappointed when th project went up In smoke. But they did not sit still and weep, Another move way.

CotisequentljMearly all of the land ac had to te amended in se rat parti- ulars. p. iy, According to Mr. HttTinftn, to se ure I the tiHglnal charter providing for the! FINED $1 0i0 A DAY. held at the office of Chief Engineer L.

Bui k. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 189, the plans and apeclflcatlous for the towera of thf trurture were determined upon. According to theae plana the coat of each tower tn be In the neighborhood of HW.tKW About the same time preliminary op bridge, It was necessary to dn kr and ue notable feature in connection with ment, having for its object the building deal a this do. urnent quired stnee he assumed office has been by private purchase and there were few hitches In obtaining It.

The land from Driggs avenue to Havemeyer street was of the bridge at the expense of the two iure-1 at a saing of J' fni the ping of cotton durk In oxidised Itnae-oil arw! varnish gum composition and 1 a ihMt lrfn hell. gotten In tbia way. ft wss found that eration were begun, the first work con- ihe financial history of the bridge wi the Imiwslng by the city of a penalty of on th John A. Roebltng 8onn Company last fidl. Th company was 175 days behind time in completing Its contract wltfc the city.

When It sent In tast reqtxeiKiofi for payment to the Brldg Incres, and above the flare they are about 4 by 32 Inrhes In cross-section. At th be nd In ths column a. which occurs at about floor lvel a wed m-shaped antda block or shim of caat steel provides for the change In direction Instead of a ber- the owner were pretty generally will Each cable serves mm saddle tnr suspenders as well aa for clamping I get her the cable wtrea. There la a au pender-at each panel plnf ef the cit es, as started. AH the taxpayers' associations and he id a of trade In Williamsburg and Ki at York Joined In the agitation.

Numerous meetings wer held and reso The new 1 'oinmisston of J-v. Nixon. South K. Ijne. Julian l.

Fnir-rhlld. Thomas S. Moore. John W. Weber and Jn.e W.

Boyle. This haptned early In the year lxSR, and since then the work on the bridge has been pushed lting ot boring the site with diamond drills, for the foundation of th towers. On Oct. of tlx am year th first ing to sell and Mr. Orout obtained the lot In moat case at th market value.

i -J ant Irnik ienda apsn truaea. i ne piip-iii A nove tn oenn in are about hy iix-r In are i Ixirtt, atveit atran and 1 The let that bad to be aequlre-1 ev Department Cvmmtaaionrr Undenthal tua I work on tha Manhattan tower lutions passed calltns; pm (as local red a Urge etent of territory, and. of crcas-sactluit. The ef each tower core aleal wire ropes' turiUea ta se tverrttimg ta tbelr power, vita vlor. though ae eral times otera udu t4 1 1 004--a flu ef a day foundation as beg-un.

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